a piece of furniture built entirely around the goal of taking your quarters.
means a standalone wooden or metal enclosure housing a video game, its screen, controls, and speakers, designed to run unattended in public and collect coins.
from grew out of 1970s coin-op amusement culture, when pinball makers and companies like atari realized a tv, a circuit board, and a locked box could survive years of public abuse and still print money.
space invaders cabinet — 1978 taito machine so popular it caused a coin shortage in japan.
pac-man cabinet — 1980 midway release, yellow marquee became instantly iconic.
street fighter ii cabinet — 1991 capcom cabinet with twin joysticks fueled the fighting game boom.
donkey kong cabinet — 1981 nintendo cabinet that introduced mario, then called jumpman.